Area 46 Assembly – BTG Committee Meeting Minutes

Saturday, December 5-6, 2020

Steve V. Host/BTG Chair : Email BTG@nm-AA.org
Serenity Prayer
Shared Area 46 BTG Committee Agenda for today (refer to your email attachment) Needs input from District BTG reps for input on these topics discussed today.
Comment: Zoom meetings are similar to Facebook “Friends.” We want more personal for recovery: Ideas: Chat in Zoom to a newcomer and request phone number and zip code so someone will call that area for meeting info to share with this newcomer.
BTG Form use: access by nm-AA.org and go to “ Committees – BTG and down load that form.
Question: How to address the tech availability upon release for inmates : Possibility contact chaplains, PO’s, Probation, meeting guide App; BTG card as intake process (Mesilla Valley Hosp. in LC) however, since Covid not much response from the Treatment Center
Question: What to do re Bilingual Committee re Spanish speakers. Ideas: Service position for a translator to attend zoom or in person meeting to translate. How to do this?
Books: Ad Hoc Committee still exploring options of how to distribute: 80% split to Districts according to size of Districts. 20% split to be held in a Book Bank to be distributed within the service structure How used here? Book given to a contact person from BTG Contact list and given @ 1st meet up to present to the newcomer More feedback is needed here from members and PI, CPC (distribute to student nurses, PO’s etc),and District Chairs
Any Urgent needs needing funding? Ideas: update translation technology; $ for pamphlets for newly released/newcomers; rubber stamps for each District to stamp each pamphlet which tells them where to send the client contact info; Rent a PO box @ Area or District level; Create data bases or rebuild the web site entirely to include more comprehensive data for each committee regarding sources such as Chaplains,PO’s, etc. regarding BTG info which will be a billable charge to do this data base (4hrs for each committee) and billable hours to rebuild the website; Meeting in a Pocket pamphlet (no longer available to order) re: Area Corrections Chair Jimmy- suggested $600 to print 1,000 pamphlets: Pamphlet says it is Conference Approved and was first used by a South Carolina group…Jimmy states it’s ok to reprint as long as nothing is changed – Includes: the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions, meetings sayings, Serenity Prayer and page for AA contact numbers; handy visual to keep close and refer to after the meeting as well
BTG Contact list and a blank application requesting to be put on the Contact List: email Steve for this @ btg@nm-AA.org
End of meeting and Responsibility Statement